HM Queen Elizabeth II

Roland · September 2022

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FarleyUK · September 2022

RIP. Huge respect for her for the manner in which she conducted herself in a - pretty often - tough position, for so long.

Absolute end of an era.

Hootsmon · September 2022

Oh my.....the world has turned sour

AsterixTG · September 2022

Rest in Peace Ma'am.

Long Live The King.

Aornic · September 2022

Surreal feeling today and the end of an era. RIP.

So much music I love happened when she was already Queen, and her reign is a year older than my father. I think about how we watch documentaries of the Beatles in their early years and then look at Macca performing the other day at age 80 and think she was the Queen for the entirety of that time. That's a massive amount of time and change, and I don't know if it will be repeated in terms of reign.

guitars4you · September 2022

Certainly the end of an era in which she will have seen so many changes in so many different ways - Both good and bad I dare say - RIP Ma'am

Danny1969 · September 2022

She put a long dignified shift in that's for sure. RIP

equalsql · September 2022

Oh, that's terrible news. It's surreal even seeing this news. I'm not a royalist but she has always has a place in my heart, ever since I saw her as a kid and later in 1992 when she awarded my dad his QGM.
Definitely the end of an era.

downbytheriver · September 2022

RIP

God save the King.

rsvmark · September 2022

Everyone is entitled to their opinion on the Monarchy as an institution but in my view she was a remarkable woman, who put in a massive shift. Thank you and rest in peace. While the nation has lost a head of state, people have lost their friend, mum, gran, and great gran

swiller · September 2022

Lets hope for the publics sake this marks a place in history and onto better fairer things. RIP to all of the elderly that have died today, in palaces, backs of ambulances, at home waiting for ambulances, and those on their own with no one around. Thoughts are with all of them and their families.

guitartango · September 2022

RIP Maam

VimFuego · September 2022

I mourn the passing of the woman, a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. For many, she was the symbol of stability and continuity (she was monarch long before my parents even met!!!).
I also heard today that one of the renal patients the crews at my station have been taking to dialysis for over a year died today. His death saddens me as much as the Queen's.

DB1 · September 2022

Aornic said:

Surreal feeling today and the end of an era. RIP.

Yep - surreal and empty. It feels like a mini-bereavement for me, although I'm not a monarchist (or anti) - I guess it's because it's all that most of us have ever known. RIP

thumpingrug · September 2022

Im surprisingly saddened by the news today.

Fortheloveofguitar · September 2022

Extremely sad day. She’s always been a constant throughout my life and been there long before I was even born, 1980

rze99 · September 2022

I’m no royalist but she was our last great public servant. The rest of them are truly shocking misfits.

dazzajl · September 2022

*Doffs cap and bows*

darthed1981 · September 2022

Rest in Peace Your Majesty.

God Save The King!

koneguitarist · September 2022

I’m surprised quite how upset I am.

YellowLedBetterMan · September 2022

The one constant our country has had for most of, if not all, of our lives.

Rest in peace Your Majesty.

axisus · September 2022

I'm really surprised how sad I feel about this. I have that lump in my throat feeling, almost a tear in the eye.

God bless her, what a magnificent woman.

Philly_Q · September 2022

I'm feeling slightly shell-shocked. It was a day we knew was coming, but it seemed like it never would. Although perhaps since the death of the Duke of Edinburgh this day has seemed much nearer.

When the news was breaking this morning about the children and grandchildren rushing up to Balmoral, it felt ominous. It reminded me of the day my dad died.

I know there's quite a lot of anti-Royal feeling in this country, and perhaps it's a majority on this forum, in particular. But this does feel like a momentous occasion, the Queen has been a constant throughout all our lives (or nearly all, I guess there are a few over-70s here).

RIP Your Majesty.

scrumhalf · September 2022

The end of several eras, and we will not seeher like again. A lifetime of incredible and ceaseless service.

RIP, Ma'am. I wish your family long life.

Offset · September 2022

I too, as a non-royalist, am oddly upset. She was a remarkable woman and a constant in my life. I'd like to see the end of the monarchy post-Wingnut but I probably won't live to see that.

TTony · September 2022

Thank you ma’am.

Funkfingers · September 2022

A dutiful monarch, to be followed briefly by a fat and jolly red-faced man, then, William.

Interesting times.

gordiji · September 2022

'God' bless you M'am. RIP

Teetonetal · September 2022

She put in quite a shift. It feels very much that she will be the last monarch of significance and it certainly feels like the end of an era.

richardhomer · September 2022

My 20 year old (somewhat republican) son just messaged me, expressing his unexpected sense of loss.

I replied saying the Queen was not entitled, not a self-publicist, nor a narcissist; she represented the timeless values of public service, decency and a belief in the importance of others.

Let us vehemently hope that many are reminded of (or alerted to) this by her very sad passing.

Rest in peace, Your Majesty.

axisus · September 2022

Lovely anecdote about the Queen, worth 1.30 of anyones time:

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